Any state, county, municipal or other official is hereby authorized and empowered, in his discretion, to turn over to the department for permanent preservation therein, any official books, records, documents, original papers, newspaper files and printed books not in current use in their offices. When so surrendered copies therefrom shall be made and certified by the director upon the application of any person interested, which certification shall have all the force and effect as if made by the officer originally in the custody of them, and for which the same fees shall be charged, to be collected in advance.
Structure Mississippi Code
Title 39 - Libraries, Arts, Archives and History
Chapter 5 - Archives and History
§ 39-5-1. Department of archives and history created; objects and purposes
§ 39-5-3. Department board of trustees generally
§ 39-5-5. General powers and duties of board of trustees
§ 39-5-7. Director of department
§ 39-5-9. Local Government Records Office
§ 39-5-11. Surrender of official books, records, etc., to department
§ 39-5-13. Surrender of historical portraits to department
§ 39-5-15. Official and statistical register
§ 39-5-17. Acquisition of historic or prehistoric ruins, etc.
§ 39-5-19. Restoration and maintenance of abandoned cemeteries
§ 39-5-27. Archives Trust Fund
§ 39-5-31. William F. Winter Archives and History Building
§ 39-5-33. Authorization to extinguish, abandon and nullify certain conservation easements